Barbara A. Wilson, Samira Kashinath Dhamapurkar, Anita Rose

Surviving Brain Damage After Assault (eBook, ePUB)

From Vegetative State to Meaningful Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This inspirational book documents the story of Gary, who at the age of twenty eight was assaulted by a gang with baseball bats and a hammer, resulting in several skull fractures and severe brain damage. Through a combination of personal testimony and scientific commentary we learn about the devastating effects which can follow a serious assault to the head, and the long process of recovery over several years. The book will be of great value to all professionals working in rehabilitation, and to people who have sustained a brain injury and their families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317580638
• Artikelnr.: 44865723

Autorenporträt

Barbara A Wilson is a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked in brain injury rehabilitation for nearly 40 years. She has won many awards for her work including an OBE for services to rehabilitation and three lifetime achievement awards, one from the British Psychological Society, one from the International Neuropsychological Society and one from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. The Division of Neuropsychology has named a prize after her, "The Barbara A Wilson prize for distinguished contributions to neuropsychology." She is honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Sydney and the University of East Anglia.

Samira Kashinath Dhamapurkar is an Occupational Therapist. Her special interest is in working with people in low awareness states. She worked in India at the Masina Hospital on a psychiatric/drug addiction unit and in a special school for autistic children before coming to the United Kingdom. For the past four years she has worked in the area of neurorehabilitation In addition to her clinical work, she is also involved in research involving people with disorders of consciousness.

Anita Rose is a Consultant Neuropsychologist. She works at the Raphael Medical Centre in Tonbridge and also works as an independent Consultant Neuropsychologist across the globe. She provides significant input in the field of multiple sclerosis via her clinical work, research publications, booklets and consultancy to the MS groups in the UK. She is Vice Chair for the European Neuropsychology Special Interest Group in MS, and acts as a clinical advisor to the MS Society in South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Brain Damage Part One 2. Introduction to Brain Damage
Part Two 3. Imaging procedures in understanding brain injury 4. The
assault: as described by Wendie, Gary's mum, and other members of the
family 5. Early days in Hospital 6. Admission to the Raphael Medical Centre
7. Assessments While Gary was Vegetative and Minimally Conscious 8.
Cranioplasty 9. Waking up 10. Rehabilitation Through Music Therapy (With a
contribution from Melanie Cornell, Music Therapist) 11. Ongoing
Rehabilitation 12. Home Evaluation 13. Gary today 14. Why did Gary do so
well?